holt/hɒlt/EtymologyEnglish, Dutch, north German, Norwegian and Danish surname, all from the noun holt (“copse, woodland”).holt means A surname An English and north-west European topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 75 out of 100.nameA surname An English and north-west European topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood.A placename; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in East Dorset district (OS grid ref SU0203).A placename; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A suburb of the town of Hook, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7354).A placename; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0738).A placename; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8662).A placename; A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8262).nounA small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.“As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell;”The lair of an animal, especially of an otter.“Where the river begins to slow, at the beginning of the pool, its left bank is bound by the open roots of oak, ash, alder, and sycamore. To hunted otters these trees offered holding as secure as any in the country of the Two Rivers. Harper, the aged hound—he was fourteen years old—knew every holt in the riverside trees of Knackershill Copse, and although he had marked at all of them, only once had”